She was the daughter of Norwegian baron Ferdinand Carl Maria Wedel-Jarlsberg (1781–1857) and Juliane Wilhelmine von Benzon (1783–1853). In 1851, she married the Norwegian nobleman
Frederik (Fritz) Joachim Wedel Jarlsberg (1819–1880). She was the mother of
Fritz Wedel Jarlsberg. Her parents served at the Norwegian court, where her father was head of the court of king Oscar I and her mother as
statsfru (lady-in-waiting) to queen mother
Désirée Clary. Prior to her marriage, Juliane Wedel Jarlsberg served as
hoffrøken (maid of honour) to queen Josephine of Sweden and Norway under
Fanny Løvenskiold. After her marriage, she was appointed
overhoffmesterinne or principal lady-in-waiting to
Queen Louise of Norway, who became queen in 1859. Her spouse was in parallel appointed be the
hoffmarskalk (chamberlain) of the spouse of queen Louise, king Charles IV of Norway. During the Union of Sweden and Norway, the royal family mainly stayed in Sweden, and the Norwegian court staff served during their visits in Norway: during their visits in Norway, the royal family left their Swedish entourage at the border and was welcomed by their Norwegian court staff, and turned over their duties to their Swedish equivalents, and she thus shared her duties with her Swedish equivalent
Wilhelmina Bonde in this fashion. The queen's Norwegian household was however much smaller than her Swedish household: in 1869, Juliane Wedel Jarlsberg's Swedish equivalent
Wilhelmina Bonde had three married ladies-in-waiting (
statsfru) and three maids-of-honour (
hovfröken) under her, while Juliane Wedel Jarlsberg had only one
statsfru (
Josephine Sparre) and one maid-of-honour (Alexandra Morgenstierne). ==References==